This guide outlines effective strategies for property developers to increase property value through simple and cost-effective enhancements. Key areas of focus include upgrading bathrooms and kitchens, improving flooring, and enhancing lighting to create a luxurious feel. These improvements can significantly raise the resale value of a home while requiring minimal investment.

1. How to Increase
Property Value
as a Property
Developer
By Jeff Nevil

2. Introduction
As a property developer, increasing the value of your property
is not as challenging as you may initially envisage. This guide
will focus on how to increase property resale value by focusing
on specific areas of the home that buyers investigate first.
It is possible to increase the value of a home by up to £15,000
by focusing on key areas, but spending a only fraction of that.

3. Bathroom
Adding some simple touches to your bathroom will make it feel
luxurious and add value to your property. You do not need to
do an extensive amount of work with the bathroom, it is more
about the simple improvements you can make to improve its
look and feel, such as a new rainfall shower head, new taps, a
glass screen/door for the shower, and adding simple bathroom
storage options can make a real difference.

4. Kitchen
If you are only going to focus on one room, it should be the
kitchen. The kitchen is the hub of the home and is the one
room people focus on when looking at valuing or deciding to
acquire a property.
A large proportion of kitchens look old and dated, but there
are some simple tasks that you can undertake to give it a
refresh, such as replacing the kitchen doors, changing the taps
and buying a modern fridge freezer.
All of these will add additional value.

5. Flooring
Upgrading the flooring can make a huge visual impact, you can
create the feeling of luxury, space and flow by installing the
same wooden flooring throughout the whole downstairs living
area. The popularity of hardwood flooring means you can
acquire some beautiful options for a very reasonable price,
giving the property a much more expensive and luxurious
appearance.

6. Lighting
Improving the property’s lighting can create a more luxurious
feel and a perception of space. Adding a mix of floor and table
lamps strategically placed at different points will make a living
room feel more cosy. Installing LED strip lighting under shelves
and kitchen units can really add the wow factor and create a
feature in the room.

7. Conclusion
These are some simple, reasonably inexpensive ideas to add
real value to your property.
There are other options if you do not have sufficient time to
invest in this yourself, such as home staging. These services can
transform empty properties into desirable homes that buyers
can envision themselves living in.